Did I Mention There’s a Mime? DF Reviews Dear World at Encores! (for Parterre Box)
Wild adulation for Donna Murphy could not disguise that Dear World doesn’t work in any sense.
REVIEW: Look What Happened to Mabel: Mack and Mabel at Encores (for Parterre Box)
Time heals almost everything, as Jerry Herman’s best score is stylishly resurrected.
REVIEW: Nothing’s Gonna Charm You: High Button Shoes at Encores! for Parterre Box
Even the hit songs in this early Jule Styne musical would recede in a better show.
REVIEW: At Encores, Me and My Girl is a Fallen Soufflé
This show needs two key ingredients—Englishness and charm. Here, it had neither.
THEATER REVIEW: Encores’ Big River Veers into Unexpectedly Choppy Waters
What happens when a feel-good musical becomes a source of controversy?
THEATER REVIEW: Encores’ Do I Hear a Waltz? — Dancing, Mostly in the Dark
A listless concert staging proved that this one-off Rodgers & Sondheim collaboration doesn’t need a revival.
THEATER REVIEW: 1776 at Encores Is History Made Unresurrectable
Here, in the original “Room Where It Happens,” nothing interesting happened.
DF Reviews Cabin in the Sky (Encores! Musicals in Concert)
It was inevitable and important that Encores would do Cabin in the Sky, the 1940 musical by Vernon Duke, John Latouche and Lynn […]
Zorba (Encores Musicals in Concert, May 2015)
“Life is what you do while you’re waiting to die / Life is how the time goes by.” I was too young […]
Encores Musicals in Concert Season 2015 — And My Wish List for the Future
Every year, I await the announcement of Encores’ upcoming season of musicals in concert with an eagerness once reserved for anticipating the arrival […]
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